 His were the times of Paint and Patch, And yet no Ranelagh could match The sober doves that round his thatch Spread tails and sidled; He liked their ruffling, puffed content; For him their drowsy wheelings meant More than a Mall of Beaux that bent, Or...  Vignettes in Rhyme and Vers de Société - 13 psl.autoriai: Austin Dobson - 1875 - 220 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | 1870 - 672 psl.
...More than a Mall of Beaux that bent, Or Belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life began Ho shunned the flutter of the fan ; He, too, had, maybe,...staid and slow-paced as his own Old hunter, Sorrel. Yet still he loved the chaco, and held That no composer's score excelled The merry horn, when Sweetlip... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 psl.
...— For him their drowsy wheelings meant More than a Mall of beaux that bent, Or belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life began He shunned the...and he was grown As staid and slow-paced as his own Yet still he loved the chase, and held That no composer's score excelled The merry horn, when Sweetlip... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 psl.
...meant More than a Mall of beaux that bent, Or belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life lx>gan He shunned the flutter of the fan ; He, too, had maybe "pinked his man" In beauty's quarrel ; Hut now his " fervent youth " had flown Where lost things go ; and he was grown As staid and slow-paced... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1883 - 270 psl.
...content,— For him their drowsy wheelings meant More than a Mall of Beaux that bent, Or Belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life began He shunned the...staid and slow-paced as his own Old hunter, Sorrel. Yet still he loved the chase, and held That no composer's score excelled The merry horn, when Sweetlip... | |
 | Frank E. Bliss - 1884 - 136 psl.
...content,— For him their drowsy wheelings meant More than a Mall of Beaux that bent Or Belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life began He shunned the...staid and slow-paced as his own Old hunter, Sorrel. Yet still he loved the chase, and held That no composer's score excelled The merry horn, when Sweetlip... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1884 - 274 psl.
...— For him their drowsy wheelings meant More than a Mall of Beaux that bent, Or Belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life began He shunned the...staid and slow-paced as his own Old hunter, Sorrel. Yet still he loved the chase, and held That no composer's score excelled The merry horn, when Sweetlip... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1885 - 270 psl.
...content,— For him their drowsy wheelings meant More than a Mall of Beaux that bent, Or Belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life began He shunned the...staid and slow-paced as his own Old hunter, Sorrel. Yet still he loved the chase, and held That no composer's score excelled The merry horn, when Sweetlip... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1892 - 178 psl.
...— For him their drowsy wheelings meant More than a Mall of Beaux that bent, Or Belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life began He shunned the...staid and slow-paced as his own Old hunter, Sorrel. Yet still he loved the chase, and held That no composer's score excelled The merry horn, when Sweetlip... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1892 - 174 psl.
...— For him their drowsy wheelings meant More than a Mall of Beaux that bent, Or Belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life began He shunned the...staid and slow-paced as his own Old hunter, Sorrel. Yet still he loved the chase, and held That no composer's score excelled The merry horn, when Sweetlip... | |
 | 1893 - 322 psl.
...— For him their drowsy wheelings meant More than a Mall of Beaux that bent, Or Belles that bridled. Not that, in truth, when life began He shunned the...staid and slow-paced as his own Old hunter, Sorrel. Yet still he loved the chase, and held That no composer's score excelled The merry horn, when Sweetlip... | |
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